Fidget spinners and toys are all the rage these days. With all the attention deficit
disorder that our modern world offers, it's not a wonder why they're so popular right now. So,
you'll be happy to hear that these can also be made for little to no money. You only
need household items to build one so even if you're on a budget, there's no need to worry.
Here, you'll find the top 10 fidget spinners and desk toys you can make at home!
Number 10: Chain Cogs Spinner. This has got to be one of the coolest
looking fidget spinners out there, and you can make one yourself. All you need is a bike chain,
a Sprocket with a button, electrical tape, scissors and chain breaker.
Now, the first thing you have to do is wrap the chain around the Sprocket to measure how
many links you have to use. Break the chain with your chain breaker. When it starts to overlap.
Remember to keep the metal rod from the bike chain after you do this, since you'll need it later.
Next, grab your electrical tape and stick two piles of it together,
depending on how thick your bike chain is. All you have to do is cut the electrical tape
so that it covers the center of its links. After that, stick the Sprocket in the middle
of the chain with tape on it and wrap it all around, then secure it with your chain breaker,
using the middle rod you saved from earlier. There you have it! A spinner made from bike chains!
Number 9: Magnet Desk Toy. Satisfy your inner magneto with this little toy
you can make with stuff line around your house. First, grab four sticks of equal length and
use some super clue to make a square frame with them. Now, grab another stick half the
length of the ones you used for the frame and a small magnet. Glue the stick to the middle of
the frame so that you'll have a stand, then grab your magnet and glue it to its center.
Then, you'll need about four small nails and four strands of yarn. Using a close
spin to keep the nails in place, glue the yarn to each nail head. After that, place
each nail in the frame. Make sure that they're just within about a half centimeter away from
the magnet. So, that they don't completely touch. Once you've done that, just glue the other end of
the yarn to the frame and watch as the nails stay firmly in place because of the magic of magnetism.
Lastly, grab a couple of really short sticks and glue them at the bottom of your magnetic temple,
perpendicular to serve as a stand. Number 8: Clamp Spinner.
You can get the materials for this one at your local hardware store easily. All you
need is a pair of clamps, two small bolts, two marbles, and a bearing. First off clamps,
come with a pair of bolts when you buy them. So, you just have to replace them with shorter ones.
Then, you just have to place the bearing in between the clamps and screw the small bolts
on its sides. Now, in order to balance the spinner, make sure that the bolt head on one
side of the clamp is on the opposite side of the other when you attach them. Also remember
that you don't want to screw them too tightly or else the bearing won't be able to spin.
Afterwards, grab your marvels and use the glue gun on to apply just a tiny bit of glue on. Before
sticking them to both sides of the bearing, this will give the bearing less friction,
which allows for a longer spin with your toy who knew clamps could be a source of fun.
Number 7: Alternative Chain Spinner. This is a variation of the bike chain
spinner that is as simple, if not simpler to do. First, you'll need a bicycle chain that's
about one half by three 32nd in size and some zip ties first. Arrange the chain so that it looks
like roughly the shape of a triangle and slip a zip tie in between its links on both sides.
Remember to have each zip ties, lock facing opposite each other,
take the excess ends at the zip ties and insert them in the remaining links. Then
lock them. Don't tighten it too much just yet. Though, you need to leave some space for the
bearing. Slip your bearing at the center of the chain and then use suppliers to make sure that
the zip ties are properly tightened. After that, you just have to cut off
the excess zip ties and you're done. If you want to keep the bearing in place,
you can also apply some epoxy around it before sticking it in the middle of the chain.
Number 6: Newton's Cradle. Physics becomes better when it comes
in the form of toys and Newton's cradle provides exactly just that. To build one of your own,
take a rectangular block of wood and place washers on all its corners. Then,
drill holes in the center of the washers, so that you'll have a proper base for your cradle.
Once that's done, remove the washers and screw in a threaded into the holes,
you then have to super glue some nuts on top of each rod with each facing the other lengthwise.
The next step is to screw in some threaded rods through each pair of screw facing the
other. Now grab some copper wire, cut it into about an inch each and bend
into horseshoe shapes. After that, super glue each bend copper wire on top of a metal ball.
Finally, grab some string or plastic wire. Slide into the copper wires and tie them up on each side
of the rod you placed on top of the base. You can always add some super glue to the string to
strengthen its hold on the rods. Number Five: Paracord Spinner.
You can make a fidget spinner out of almost anything, really, like the Paracord spinner
here. What you need to do to build one is to first surround your bearing with three pieces
of Paracord in a way that it appears like you're forming a triangle with them, tie each side of
the Paracord in a snake knot afterwards. However, you have to make sure that the
bearing fits the center of knots you make with the cords. Once you've finished with that,
to tie another snake knot on each side of the spinner to properly secure it.
Now, grab some hex nuts and slide into each pair of cord on all sides of your spinner. When
you're finished with that, keep the hex nuts in place by doing a diamond tie. On each side
of the spinner to make sure that the bearing won't slip off the paracord, just super glue
around its outer rim a bit and you won't be fine. Lastly, just cut the access cord on all sides and
use a lighter to seal them off fidget away! Number 4: Spinning Magnet.
Now, this is a spinner, but not the fidget kind. Anyway, it is still one that is just pretty cool
and easy to build. To start off, you're going to need a couple of metal balls. Then grab some wire,
cut it into two small parts about half a centimeter long and bend them into U
shapes. You then have to super glue the wires on top of the metal balls to serve as hooks.
When you're done with that, grab a sturdy rubber band, cut it in half
and tie it onto each hook. Remember to cut off any excess rubber, once you finish tying them up.
In order to strengthen the bond between the rubber and the hooks. You simply have to go
get yourself. Some adhesive tape, electrical tape works well here and wrap it around each end of
your knots. This little thing works pretty much like a wind-up toy, which is a perfect
alternative for fidget spinners. Number 3: Lighter Spinner.
Recycle old lighters by turning them into a fidget spinner using these steps. First,
grab yourself three empty cigarette lighters. Now, what you have to do is cut the lighter,
leaving only about one fourth of its length from the top down. If you're wondering how to cut it,
just use a simple box cutter for it. So, once you've done that, you have to
find a cylinder the same size as your bearing and some sandpaper. Wrap the cylinder with your
sandpaper and start sanding the bottom of your lighter heads until it matches the bearing.
When you're finished, grab some super glue and apply it to the bottom of the lighter heads,
then stick it to the outer rim of your bearing. That's it, you have your very own environment
friendly fidget spinner. Number 2: Balancing Sticks.
This little toy right here clearly shows the magic of physics and it doesn't take a lot of work to
do as well. First, grab yourself a stick and cut off its edges neatly so that it'll be flat. Grab
a couple of steel balls of equal size and weight and super glue each to both ends of your stick.
When you're done with that, grab another stick. Cut it in exactly half the length of the first one
and then super glue it right in the middle of the first stick. Again, glue another steel ball on its
end the same size and weight as the other two. Now, for the base, all you need is a small
rectangular piece of wood, about an inch in height, a cork and whatever small figure you have
lying around. Super glue, the cork to the wooden block, then glue the figure on top of the cork.
And you'll have a neat little base where your sticks could hang. As I said, Hurray for physics.
Number 1: The Simplest Fidget Spinners. You don't even need to go to the workshop
to build yourself one of these simple fidget spinners and that's what makes
them amazing. Take this one for example, you'll just need some bearings and shoelaces.
To get started, you'll need seven bearings of equal size. One for the center three for
its sides and the other three, simply to calculate the spacing between each side
bearing. Place one bearing in the middle. Then arrange the other bearings around it
to form what looks like a flower shape. Now, mark the side bearings you want to
leave behind so that you know exactly where to glue them. You can now remove the other
three bearings once you've done that. For the remaining side bearings,
you first have to sand them on where you marked, since that's the part you're going to glue to
the center. When you're done with that, you can use super glue or epoxy to make them stick. Grab
your shoelaces and use super glue to wrap them on the sides of your spinner and you're done.
Here's another one you can make using zip ties and bearings. Just grab three bearings,
wash them with gasoline and lubricant to minimize friction, then go get three zip ties and tie them
with one another forming a triangle. Once you've done that, arrange your
bearings adjacent to one another within the area of the zip tie triangle. Tighten it and
cut off any access parts. Once done, secure the center bearing by adding a couple of zip
ties in between each side bearing. There you go 10 fidget spinners
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